All Entries in the "Pastor’s Column" Category
Target Audience?
I thank Daniel Stephens for making me aware of this fine article from which I’ve copied, below. The following paragraphs were written by Terry Johnson, for the New Horizons, OPC online journal. For several years I have disagreed with church planters, who advocate the church growth philosophy of ”birds of a feather flock together,” or (the 50 cent way of putting [...]
Presbytery
On October 12th, Daniel, Justin, and I went to the Fall Stated Meeting of First Presbytery. Presbytery was hosted by Ambassador Church in Apex. They have wonderful new facilities. I always enjoy these meetings, even when the matters we deal with are troubling – as was the case this time. You can read about it, [...]
Traditional Church
I found this quote on Dr. Bill Evan’s Facebook information page: “Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name” (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Vindication of Tradition, 65). My great uncle called traditionalism, [...]
